Importing media from files and folders

In Elements Organizer, click Import.

Select From Files And Folders to import media from a particular file or folder location. The folder location can be on your computer, external drive, pen drive, or network places.

Select the media in the Get Photos And Videos From Files and Folders dialog box.

(Optional) Select the desired options:

• Automatically Fix Red Eyes: Fixes red eye problems as the files are imported.
• Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks: Suggests photo stacks for you according to date and visual similarity.
• Copy Files On Import: Makes copies of files being imported from an external drive.
  
• Generate Previews: Creates low-resolution copies called preview files while importing.

Click Get Media.

You can import keyword tags added to your media as well. Select the tags you want to import and click OK.

Import media files in Elements Organizer. For more information, see Import photos and videos from folders.

• Select the tags you want to import. The tags you select are added to the Keyword Tags panel when the media files are imported. If a tag has an asterisk (*), you already have a tag of the same name in your catalog. The existing tag is attached to the media files.

• Click Advanced for additional options.

If you selected Advanced, do any of the following, and click OK.

• Select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes next to the tag names. When you select a tag, the options to the right of the tag become active.

• To rename a tag you are importing, select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes next to the tag names. Click the button to the right of the tag under Import As New Keyword Tag Named, and type a name in the textbox. Elements Organizer adds a tag with the new name to your catalog and attaches the tag to the imported media files.

• To map an imported tag to an existing tag in your catalog, select the tags you want to import. Click the button in the right column under Use An Existing Keyword Tag and choose a tag from the pop‑up menu. The tag name you choose gets attached to the imported media files instead of the original tag name.

• Click Reset To Basic to clear your changes and return to the Import Attached Keyword Tags dialog box.

In Elements Organizer, Choose Elements Organizer > Preferences > Files.

Choose any of the following options and click OK.

Imports any caption that was stored with the media file in the camera. Deselect this option if you want to delete this information, and type your own caption for each media file.

Note: Caption data may be stored in different places in a file. Deselecting this option only blocks EXIF caption data.

Searches for missing, disconnected files. Select this option to avoid getting messages about disconnected files.

Generates a preview thumbnail for the video files imported.

Allows you to automatically back up files and the catalog while importing.

When these options are selected, the orientation metadata of the image is updated to rotate the image. The image data is untouched; the rotation is specified by just changing the metadata. Rotating an image using its metadata is a faster process than rotating the image itself.

 Not all applications recognize orientation metadata. If you plan to import your images into such applications, leave these options deselected.

Specifies the default folder location where projects and other saved files are stored. To change the location, click Browse and navigate to a new location.

Specifies the size of preview files used by the Elements Organizer when storing media files offline.

Note: If you have changed the settings and are having trouble importing your media files, try clicking the Restore Default Settings button in the Preferences dialog box to restore the original preferences.

When importing video and audio into Elements Organizer, it processes versions of these files that it can readily access for faster performance. These are referred to as "media cache" files. These are stored in the Media Cache Files folder. You can clear media cache files from within Elements Organizer.